Official: Drug addicts in Iran on the rise

The number of drug addicts is growing in Iran and universities should teach compulsory courses against narcotics abuse, the country’s deputy chief of combating narcotics said.
Alireza Jazini, second in command of Iran’s Unit of Combating Drugs, said Sunday that students responding to a survey had replied that most had began taking drugs in high school.

According to a report on BBC Persian, Jazini said that 11.8 percent of female students and 9.3 percent of male students are addicted to narcotics. The use of Tramadol, Ritalin and other drugs is common among many university and high school students in Iran, said the official.

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